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Special Weather Statement, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2018, 2:48 PM EDT for Camden County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2018, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2018, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
County Camden County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1988 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 930 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 6, 2:27 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:27 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 1:56 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
248 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2018
NCZ015>017-061930-
Pasquotank-Camden-Western Currituck-
248 PM EDT MON AUG 6 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL CAMDEN...CENTRAL
PASQUOTANK AND NORTHWESTERN CURRITUCK COUNTIES...
At 247 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over South Mills,
moving southeast at 10 mph.
Wind gusts in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.
Rainfall amounts of up to 1 inch are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Elizabeth City, South Mills, Burnt Mills, Pierceville, Tar Corner,
Spences Corner, Gregory, Sharon, Lilly, Lambs Corner, Johnsons Corner
and Shawboro.
Motorists should use extra caution in the vicinity of this storm. Be
prepared for rapid changes in weather and road conditions. Heavy rain
could cause ponding of water on roads...and possible minor flooding
of ditches and poor drainage areas.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike more than 10 miles away from a thunderstorm.
Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3634 7626 3647 7640 3655 7631 3655 7627
3641 7608 3630 7622
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 318DEG 9KT 3646 7628
jfosterThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 8:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 8:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 8:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 9:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Sussex | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 12:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 1:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Richmond | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northumberland | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 1:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Charles City, Henrico, New Kent | 117 min |
| Aug 6, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 52 min |
| Aug 6, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 2:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 118 min |
| Aug 6, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Richmond | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hanover | 51 min |
| Aug 6, 3:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Portsmouth | 113 min |
| Aug 6, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Richmond | 51 min |
| Aug 6, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince George | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Middlesex | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Colonial Heights | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | AKQ | 38 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Prince George, Surry, Sussex, City of Petersburg | 66 min |
| Aug 6, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince George | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 4:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lancaster | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | James City | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Louisa | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 1:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Worcester | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 1:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Currituck | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan | 24 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.